| The Bell Jar Contributor(s): Bloom, Harold (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1604132035 ISBN-13: 9781604132038 Publisher: Blooms Literary Criticism OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2009 Annotation: In this classic coming-of-age novel set in post-World War II America, Esther Greenwood emerges as a double for author Sylvia Plath. A summer internship at a fashion magazine in New York City reveals only the lack of beauty in the young womans inner life, as Esther succumbs to a pervasive depression that she likens to being trapped beneath the title object, a bell jar, struggling for her next breath. Noted literary scholar Harold Bloom introduces this new title in the Blooms Guides series, which also features an annotated bibliography and a listing of other works by the author. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Literary Criticism & Collections - Juvenile Nonfiction | Reference - General |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2008036547 |
| Series: Bloom's Guides (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.79 lbs) 175 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this classic coming-of-age novel set in post-World War II America, Esther Greenwood emerges as a double for author Sylvia Plath. This guide also includes an annotated bibliography and an introduction by noted literary scholar Harold Bloom. |